Burusame: calories and recipe

Ingredients

• 480 g false banana, fermented (kocho) (4.25 medium cup)
• 170 g butter (2.25 medium ECC)
• 11 g salt (2 small spoon)

How to make it

1. 1Preheat the metad (or pan).
2. 2Place the chopped kocho onto the heated metad and cook for 18 minutes using dry heat.
3. 3Season with salt and mix thoroughly using a scraper.
4. 4Pour melted butter into the cooked kocho and mix vigorously with the scraper until it becomes crumbly for about 2 minutes.
5. 5Remove from heat and serve hot (optionally with homemade yogurt).

Recipe and nutrition: EPHI & FAO, Ethiopian Food Recipes 2025